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Company Builds Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars
thecarchik writes "Japanese based JFE Engineering has released its ultra-fast charge station. Designed to comply with the CHAdeMo standard developed by Tokyo Electric Power Company, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru and Toyota, the system is capable of charging a 2011 Mitsubishi i-Miev from empty to 50% full in just three minutes. Even just three minutes plugged into the fast-charge station was enough to enable a standard 2011 Mitsubishi i-Miev to travel a further 50 miles before further charging was required."
I would be inclined to stand back before switching the power on. And I don't think I would leave the kids in the car during the charging operation.
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I have never owned or even driven one save for a golf cart. My experience with the golf cart leaves me doubt as to whether an electric car can deliver enough torque to climb steep inclines.
Have you tried a Tesla? I hear they are fast.
Heck, what happens when you are stuck in snow all the while, the spinning of wheels eating away at your juice? Scary, isn't it?
Heck, what happens when you are stuck in snow all the while, the spinning of wheels eating away at your fuel? Scary, isn't it?
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they lack the range to be useful outside of a commuter scenario
And that scenario only makes up, what, about 80% of the passenger car miles driven in North America?
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
My experience with the golf cart leaves me doubt as to whether an electric car can deliver enough torque to climb steep inclines.
Er, what? When dealing with electric motors, you have much more torque than a comparable gas motor.
It will probably rely on some sort of capacitor-based local storage, so it'll always be drawing power from the grid, but at a steady pace awaiting the next charge.
I think that, on some level, owning a car actually represents a certain measure of personal freedom to many individuals in our society: specifically, the freedom to be able to go to and fro, wherever one wants, and whenever they want. I think that this association is made subconsciously even if they don't actually exercise that liberty. To that end, I believe that people's problem with the range of EV's is less of an issue of actually needing a really large range on a daily basis and more an issue of having the freedom to drive almost anywhere they might want to on a spur of the moment, if they should so choose.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
a gas turbine is over 80% efficient
:-)
I imagine they're also very efficient at annoying the neighbors with the noise.
Please stand clear of the doors, por favor mantenganse alejado de las puertas
I would be inclined to stand back before switching the power on. And I don't think I would leave the kids in the car during the charging operation.
But you're happy to have your kids in a car while you fill it up with 50 liters of some toxic and highly flammable liquid or even gas.
You don't have to heat the fuel tank to do that.
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